Elijah H. Mills

Elijah Hunt Mills (1 December 1776-5 May 1829) was a member of the US House of Representatives (F-MA 5) from 4 March 1815 to 3 March 1819, succeeding William Ely and preceding Samuel Lathrop, and a US Senator from 12 June 1820 to 4 March 1827, succeeding Prentiss Mellen and preceding Daniel Webster.

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Elijah Hunt Mills was born in Chesterfield, Massachusetts in 1776, and he became a lawyer in Northampton before becoming a district attorney. He served in the State House of Representatives from 1811 to 1814, in the US House of Representatives from 1815 to 1819, and in the US Senate from 1820 to 1827, serving as a member of the Federalist Party. He died in 1829.